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We Want To Be Your LAST Real Estate Agents!

By Liz and Bill Spear

Real Estate Agent with Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com SAL.2002007747

July 19, 2013 11:39 PM

We Want To Be Your LAST Real Estate Agents!

In our society we often view LAST as a really bad thing. The Olympic marathon runner that trains their entire life just to see the backside of all the other runners? The Tour de France biker that comes wobbling in a half hour after all the other cyclists? But in our business, the business of helping buyers and sellers of Warren County homes, we WANT to be LAST!

We want to be the LAST agent to put a sign in your yard because we got to place the SOLD sign on top!
We want to be the LAST agent you ever need to interview about selling your home!
We want to be the LAST agent you need to call to find out information about homes because between us and our websites you realize we've got all the information you need to make buying a Warren County home easy for you!
We want to be the LAST agents a family ever needs, because we've taken care of all of them, every time they need to buy or sell a home.
And we want the LAST thing you have to worry about is whether or not your agents are giving you honest advice! While what we say may sometimes be the LAST thing you may want to hear, our job is to tell you what you NEED to hear rather than what you WANT to hear.

So how about making us your FIRST and LAST call when you're looking for your real estate agents for buying or selling a Warren County area home?

Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs,

Liz and Bill aka BLiz

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Amanda Christiansen

Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN

Christiansen Group Realty

Right on Bliz! We definitely want to be the last real estate agents our clients ever use. Well said!

Jul 20, 2013 10:44 PM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jared, It's a goal we should all have, although it makes it kind of tough on the new agents :)

Jul 20, 2013 11:10 PM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Bliz, coming is last is a good thing. When I first got into this business, my broker always told us to be the last agent interviewed for a listing. It worked every time. Well said!

Jul 20, 2013 11:57 PM

Fernando Herboso - Associate Broker MD, & VA

Maxus Realty Group of Samson Properties - Clarksburg, MD

301-246-0001 Serving Maryland, DC and Northern VA

Love your post very creative and unforgettable. ..

"We are not #1, we are the "LAST" one you'll ever call!"

Jul 21, 2013 12:38 AM

Gay E. Rosen

Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty - Larchmont, NY

As Real as Real Estate Gets!

Liz and Bill - ditto, ditto... I totally agree with you! Great post.

Jul 21, 2013 01:07 AM

Nina Hollander, Broker

Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC

Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Very well said!

Jul 21, 2013 02:29 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Michael, It's worked well for us assuming someone didn't convince them to cancel the appointment first. We had that happen over the July 4th weekend, although they claimed "postponing", but the next thing you see is they switched from the FSBO listing service to another agent so it wasn't hard to put two and two together. Just wish they'd been honest about the canceling, or at least taken the opportunity to hear us out first.

Fernando, There's a good postcard campaign right there :)

Gay, Thanks!

Nina, Thank you!

Jul 21, 2013 02:50 AM

Bill Reddington

Re/max By The Sea - Destin, FL

Destin Florida Real Estate

I just want to be the agent that puts the sign in the yard. The tough part is when a seller lists with someone else and then calls you for advice.

Jul 21, 2013 02:50 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Bill, We haven't really had that, but we've had the "listing interview" that later becomes obvious was just to pick our brain so they could use a less experienced agent that was probably a friend/relative.

Jul 21, 2013 03:11 AM

Venus Howard

Vindiola Group - Commerce City, CO

CDPE, CIAS, SFR, GRI

Love it - and very simply stated. Thanks for the post.

Jul 21, 2013 03:37 AM

Charlie Ragonesi

AllMountainRealty.com - Big Canoe, GA

Homes - Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

Your post made me smile. This was an interesting point of view on being last. Had not really considered it that way so thanks !!!

Jul 21, 2013 04:55 AM

Wayne Zuhl

Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ

The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

You may be your clients' last realtors, but you're first in our book :) Great post!

Jul 21, 2013 05:25 AM

Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES

Eagle Ridge Realty / Signature Homes & Estates - Gilroy, CA

REALTOR and Broker

I used to hand out a brochure that read "Call Me Last-- You'll Be Glad You Did!". I figured it would cement them to me after hearing all the stuff other agents said. I got to answer questions that they thought of after all the other agents were gone.

Jul 21, 2013 06:19 AM

Susan Jacobsen

The Alliance Group Realty - Hilton Head Island, SC

20 Years Providing WOW Real Estate Service

Liz and Bill - Pulte has always had that motto - that they want to be the builders for people from 'cradle to grave' I'm not quite sure if they emphasize that 'grave' part now that they build in age-restricted/Sun City communities but in general, it is indeed what we all try to stress. We can't be all to all people, but I'm sure that you two really work hard for your folks and their kids and those kids and those kids :-)

Jul 21, 2013 06:25 AM

Team Honeycutt

Allen Tate - Concord, NC

Well written blog. The reasons you give for wanting to be the last realtor they have are quite good.

Betty

Jul 21, 2013 06:41 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Venus, Glad you liked it!

Charlie, Happy to give you reason to smile today!

Wayne & Jean Marie, Thanks!

Gary, That's one of the things we have to take care to address when we're not the last interviewed. We always stress to call and ask if the other agents seem to do something we don't. Just may turn out that we do, or it just got forgotten between appointments.

Susan, Definitely delicate ground for Pulte!

Betty, Thanks! It's always a great feeling to get called again by past clients.

Jul 21, 2013 06:51 AM

Jerry Newman

Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX

Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Hi Bliz, I couldn't agree with you guys more. This will make a nice re-blog for my local market area, since I also want to be the Last Agent my clients will ever need or want.

Jul 21, 2013 08:44 AM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Jerry, Thanks for the reblog!

Jul 21, 2013 12:19 PM

Lloyd Binen

Certified Realty Services - Saratoga, CA

Silicon Valley Realtor since 1976; 408-373-4411

Liz and Bill, Wanting to be their last agent is clever and attention-getting marketing and could be used as a catchy Tag Line. I like checking the MLS listing history to see if the listing agent was also the seller's agent when they purchase the home. Often, it's not.

Jul 21, 2013 03:30 PM

Liz and Bill Spear

Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH

Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

Lloyd, I've done the same MLS check and it seems pretty rare to actually see the repeat of the agent name. I wonder if it was because they were unhappy with their buyer's agent, or they didn't stay in contact, or think they don't list houses also? Or maybe they decide someone else is a neighborhood expert and go that path.

Jul 21, 2013 08:04 PM